The launch of the QPix 400 series, the next generation of
microbial colony pickers from Molecular Devices, offers the ability to manage
large populations. The series includes the QPix 450 and QPix 460, with the QPix
400 to follow later this year, and allows for simultaneous detection of
colonies and quantification of fluorescent markers. The QPix 460 automates the
entire workflow, capable of transferring colonies to up to 140 destination
plates in two stacker lanes, while the QPix 450 automates the process from
imaging to picking, transferring colonies to up to 210 destination plates in
three stacker lanes.